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LAW & HISTORY > chemist > Linus Pauling
I like people....
Vendor: LAW & HISTORY
I like people. I like animals, too -- whales and quail, dinosaurs and dodos. But I like human beings especially, and I am unhappy that the pool of human germ plasm, which determines the nature of the human race, is deteriorating.
Source: From 1959 paper on the effect of radioactive fallout on heredity, recalled on winning 1962 Nobel Peace Prize; in NY Times, 13 Oct 62
-- Linus Pauling, (Feb 28 1901-1994), US chemist; He was the first to receive two unshared Nobel Prizes in separate fields (Chemistry, '54 & Peace, '62).